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Photo and article courtesy of Howard County Department of Fire & Rescue Services At 1:30 a.m. the Howard County Department of Fire and Rescue Services was dispatched to the 6600 block of Carlinda Avenue in Columbia to assist Howard County Police. Special Operations units arrived and reported a driver trapped in a vehicle submerged Continue reading Crews Rescue Elderly Woman from Vehicle in Pool SAVAGE, MD - Tour of Duty, a run to remember the emergency services workers who gave their lives in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, passed through Howard County on the path to New York City. Firefighters from the eastern part of the County lined Route 1 to pay tribute to the runners, who are emergency Continue reading Tour of Duty Passes Through Howard County JESSUP, MD – A tractor trailer hauling a sea container loaded with wood overturned on Interstate 95 near Route 175, blocking three of the four lanes on the interstate. At approximately 1:15 PM, rescuers and paramedics were dispatched to a report of an overturned tractor trailer on Interstate 95 near Route 32. Units arrived Continue reading Overturned Tractor Trailer Blocks Traffic Paramedics from Howard County Fire & Rescue provided provided life-saving interventions; in one case, bringing one patient back from the brink of death. On Thursday, May 20, 2010, shortly after 8 AM, units were dispatched to a report of a patient unconscious and not breathing. The first unit arrived on the scene within four Continue reading Emergency Medical Personnel Provide Critical Treatment for Two Patients During EMS Week SAVAGE, MD – A truck carrying bagged mulch overturned on the exit ramp from I-95 to eastbound Route 32, sending mulch bags across the roadway. On Friday, April 30, 2010, a truck carrying bags of mulch overturned on the exit ramp from Interstate 95 to Maryland Route 32, spewing bags of mulch onto the Continue reading Mulch Truck Rollover on Route 32 SAVAGE, MD – A motor vehicle crash involving a car and a tractor trailer has claimed a life. At approximately 4:45 PM, rescuers were dispatched to the area of the southbound I-95 rest area for an accident with unknown injuries. As units were responding, the 9-1-1 center received information that a patient was entrapped Continue reading Crash on I-95 Claims One Life COLUMBIA, MD – A single vehicle car crash has claimed a life. Firefighters were dispatched to a crash with a patient not alert at the intersection of Oakland Mills Road and Snowden River Parkway at approximately 11:30 AM. Units arrived to find a single vehicle that had hit a tree. A quick investigation found Continue reading Fatal Crash in Columbia COLUMBIA, MD – Firefighters battled a house fire in Columbia this morning which claimed the only resident’s life. Early this morning, crews were dispatched to the 7200 block of Riding Hood Circle for a report of a townhouse on fire. Fire personnel arrived to find fire showing from a townhouse, and additional firefighters were Continue reading Fatal House Fire in Columbia JESSUP, MD – Howard County’s special operations team was called to assist the Anne Arundel County Fire Department in handling a parking garage collapse. The special operations team was summoned to a parking garage on Sentinel Drive in Jessup. News reports indicate that workers were clearing snow from the 3 story parking garage when Continue reading Special Operations Team Assists Anne Arundel County on Parking Garage Collapse COLUMBIA, MD – A chlorine spill at the Columbia Athletic Club has injured 1 person and caused approximately 30 others to be displaced. Shortly before 1 PM, paramedics were dispatched to the Columbia Athletic Center, located in the 5400 block of Beaverkill Road in Columbia, for a person who had been splashed with chlorine. Continue reading Chlorine Spill in Columbia |
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